In the essay "A Buddhist Response to the Nature of Human Rights", Inada outlined the distinctly different views of human rights held by the west and the east. The western view of human rights to be based on "hard relationship", while his description of the eastern view is that of "soft relationship". The hard relationship is based on physical form and distinctly individualistic. The soft relationship is more inclusive encompassing an individual surrounding. These views are derived from the main religions of their respective parts of the world. The religions in these cases are Judo-Christianity and Buddhism. The understanding of the relationships relate directly from the beliefs or teaching held by the respective religions and the derived psychology.
The main religion of the Western World is Christianity whose root is based in Judaism. The base of the beliefs rests in the Creator who made an individual person and gave each a single soul. With this belief, a person is......
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